Why choose this course?

• Accredited by the Association of Business Psychologists.
• Psychology ranked joint first nationally for research impact, obtaining 100% outstanding rating (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).
• This programme will provides you with many of the professional skills and competencies needed to apply psychology in the workplace.
• You'll benefit from helpful and supportive staff; the applied nature of many of the assessment tasks most notably the project and delivery by staff who are involved in cutting edge research and the ‘contemporary practice’ of Industrial and Work Psychology. Find out more about psychology research at the University of Hertfordshire.
• You'll have access to the knowledge and skills base from our Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography also gain insight and expertise from the Hertfordshire Business School.
• You'll be a part of one of largest psychology departments in the country.
• Our staff are actively engaged in significant research which is reflected by our excellent, Grade 4 rating in the Higher Education Funding Council's last Research Assessment Exercise.
• Throughout your studies, you'll have accesss to well-equipped laboratories with excellent computing facilities.
• We were awarded a Teaching Quality rating of "excellent" (23 out of 24) in our subject review.
• You'll experiene a vibrant research seminar series which sees contributions from leading academics from across the country.
• View course leaflet for MSc Business Psychology.
• Ranked 10th for psychology in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, Advance HE, 2023).

What will I study?

Teaching and learning methods include lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials. There is an emphasis on the development of practical skills.

Staff who teach on the course include permanent academic staff who have industrial experience and who undertake regular consultancy work, and external psychologists both from consultancies and from large organisations.